First, the federal government has their backs. When state and local resources are insufficient for disaster response and recovery, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arrives to help.

For instance, during the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, the government has organized mock drills to improve civil defense and emergency response. In such times of uncertainty and ...

The supplies include tents, beds, blankets, field hospitals, mobile kitchens and bakeries, water purification systems and emergency power generators, as well as equipment in response to flood ...

The dismissal of acting Federal Emergency Management Agency head Cameron Hamilton plunges an already fraught agency into deeper uncertainty. Hamilton was fired from the agency Thursday after he ...

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was fired Thursday morning and replaced by a Trump administration official with no disaster response experience. Cameron Hamilton, FEMA’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that ...

PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE. TODAY, THEY HELD A FULL SCALE DISASTER DRILL. THE GOAL IS TO SIMULATE A REALISTIC INCIDENT THAT INVOLVES MASS CASUALTIES IN A SIGNIFICANT EMERGENCY ...

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This involved students, faculty, staff, and physicians in a full walkthrough for their emergency department. Hunt concluded, "The need for this type of expertise and this type of response is ...